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1. 1. Soli, Sanguinis and Sinking States. The legal foundations of upholdning the right to nationality in the event of climate change turning sovereign territories uninhabitable

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Johanna Sjöholm; [2021-02-03]
   Keywords : climate change; migration; statelessness; nationality; ius soli; ius sanguinis; human rights;

   Abstract : The argument of this paper is that the two main principles of nationality law used by nation states are not designed to handle the possible scenario of states sinking due to climate change. With the consequence of its habitants having to seek haven elsewhere, the focus is to illustrate how the application of the principles ius soli and ius sanguinis stand in relation to the universal human right to a nationality in the event of a state becoming uninhabitable and/or physically extinct. READ MORE